Podcast feedCamden's Hidden Treasures 7: Thomas Coram
Welcome to Camden’s Hidden Treasures hosted by Bonny Astor and featuring the Camden Tour Guides and their favourite secret places!
In this episode, Camden Tour Guide Brian explains why he admires Thomas Coram and the creative way he helped some of Camden’s most vulnerable residents.
Package by: Bonny Astor
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- Camden's Hidden Treasures 2: St Pancras Hotel
- Camden's Hidden Treasures 1: Old St Pancras Church Gardens
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Mitten on a Railing
There’s a mitten on a railing near the children’s playground at Coram Fields. A common enough sight. Go closer though and you will find it is made of painted bronze. What does it mean?
Peter Hayes of the Camden Tour Guides Association brings you a story of abandoned babies, accidental art galleries, and a ground-breaking charitable institution that continues to thrive hundreds of years later.
Special thanks to Caro Howell at the Foundling Museum and to Carol Harris at Coram.
Written and presented by Peter Hayes
Produced by Freddy Chick
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What's On in Camden, Week Beginning 17th October 2011
The Film Festival of Indigenous Peoples is on at venues in and close to Camden until 21st October: Coram Family will be holding music and art sessions for families with children aged 0-5 three mornings this week: UCL Lunch Hour Lecture features Prof Catherine Hall on Mary Prince, Elizabeth Barrett-Browning and nineteenth century anti-slavery campaigns: ‘His Teeth’ plays at the Only Connect Theatre play. Written by Ben Musgrave, it was inspired by conversations with ex-offender, Ralph Ojotu: Camden Parent’s Together is at Haverstock School, 1pm-5pm on Saturday – details, 020 7974 6649: Dance Around The World at Cecil Sharp House provides a chance to see the Peruvian Scissors Dance which UNESCO has designated as ‘Intangible World Heritage’; Try out a range of sports and activities at Give it a Go at Kentish Town Sports Centre; Bloomsbury Festival mixes it all up with 150 events over two and half days.
Read by:
Athos Harber, DJ Rudeboy Peter Tosh,
Marian Larragy, Martin Lim & Sarah O’Brien
Recorded and Edited by: Marian Larragy
- London Film Festival of Indigenous Peoples
- Coram Foundation
- UCL 'Voicing Slavery'
- Only Connect Theatre
- Apple Day at Maiden Lane Community Centre
- Dance Around the World Festival
- Sport Give It A Go
- Bloomsbury Festival website
- Blomsbury Festival on Twitter
- Back to Camden Community Radio
- Camden Commuity Radio on Twitter
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